Mississippi

Storm History: Monroe County, Mississippi

428 episodes, 640 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Monroe County, Mississippi: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
640
Deaths
26
Injuries
207
Damage
$100 million
Episodes
428

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado17121203$97 million
Hail14700$761,000
Thunderstorm Wind8702$415,000
Flash Flood6400$1.7 million
Excessive Heat6410
Heat3310
Drought3000
Winter Storm1500$21,000
Winter Weather822
Cold/Wind Chill510
Strong Wind400$127,000
Tropical Storm300$31,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Ice Storm200$5,000
Flood200$1,000
Heavy Snow100
High Wind100$10,000

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Monroe County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Monroe CountyEvery warning in Monroe County since 1986Every county in Mississippi

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.